Hydrodynamics of model Posidonia oceanica patches in shallow water

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1592-1600

  Folkard, Andrew M ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERN; FLUME EXPERIMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; RESUSPENSION; SEAGRASS MEADOW; TURBULENCE;

HALOPHILA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 25144498346     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.5.1592     Document Type: Article

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